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2008-06-13 23:21:43
AussieReaper
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After almost of year of use, it up and dies on me while I was using Ms Paint, of all things. lol But luckily it was still within the 1 year warrenty so I get a free replacement or a cheap upgrade.

I'm not sure which card I should be looking at as a replacement however.

My system is a C2D 6300 @ 1.86ghz with 2 gig of ram. Currently using WinXp but I would like a card Dx10 supported.

What would be my best option? (pci-e) I'm thinking geforce 8800gtx, but would a 9000 series card be better?

If I'm not going to see much performance change in terms of price difference an 8800 would be the way to go, but I don't know if my processor will bottleneck a 9000 series card.

Suggestions?
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2008-06-13 23:28:06
The_Sniper_NM
Official EVGA Fanboy
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I would wait until the next gen cards come out. (18th I believe)

Even if you aren't interested, the previous gen cards will drop in price.
2008-06-13 23:34:33
bob9f6
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Your cpu wont bottleneck a 9000, except maybe GX2, but there easy and capable to OC the e6300. Mines at 2.8ghz. I would reccomend the 8800GTS 512. Forget about 9000 series.

Unless your cashed up and want to wait for the Ati 4870 or Nvidia 280GTX.

Or you could by my old 7600gt
2008-06-13 23:42:52
AussieReaper
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lol I don't want another 7600gt, thx anyway :p This will be the first time I've had anything close to a top range card.

I could wait for the next gen to create a price drop, but it will still take awhile for the price drop and new cards to reach Aus.

While searching about I've also read how easily the 6300 is to overclock so I'll be giving that a go for sure.

Looks like I'll either get a 8800 GTX or GTS, depending on price and memory speed then.

Thx alot.
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